Keting Chen
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Pronouns: She/her/hers
Education
Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Human Sciences, specialized in ECE/CD)
M.Ed. East China Normal University, P.R. China (Early Childhood Education)
B.S. East China Normal University, P.R. China (major: Early Childhood Education; minor: Applied Psychology).
Courses/Teaching
Fall 2024
CD 2240 Intro to Child Development
CD 3304 Play and Effective Practice
CD 6642 Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Methods
Office Hours for Fall 2024: Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9:00 - 10:00 am or 4:00 - 5:00 pm; or by appointment.
Research and Teaching Interests
My research focuses on understanding the best practices for supporting parents and teachers with diverse background in enhancing young children’s learning, especially for early STEM skills. My goal is to apply my research findings to teaching and practice, to support caregiver (e.g., teachers and parents) preparation. My teaching interests rest on child development courses in general, as well as content based ECE courses.
Selected publications:
Nugent, G., Liu, D., Chen, K., Soh, L.K., Trainin, G. & Smith, W. (2024). Student Interest in Computer Science: Profiles across Grades K-8. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 373-379). Brussels, Belgium: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224542/.
Nugent, G., Chen, K. & Liu, D. (2023). Student computer science self-efficacy, interest, and task value in Grades K-8. In E. Langran, P. Christensen & J. Sanson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 59-64). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/221852/.
Chen, K., & Hamel, E. E. (2022). Toddler play preferences and the teacher’s role in the outdoor play environment. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2022.2108095
Nugent, G., Chen, K., Soh, LK., Choi, D., Trainin, G., & Smith, W. (2022). Developing K-8 computer science teachers' content knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes through evidence-based professional development. ITiCSE '22: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 540–546). https://doi.org/10.1145/3502718.3524771